The Foreigner (2003)
If they think they can stop him, they're dead wrong.
Starring: Steven Seagal, Harry Van Gorkum, Jeffrey Pierce, Anna-Louise Plowman, Max Ryan, Sherman Augustus, Philip Dunbar, Izabela Okrasa, Grzegorz Kowalczyk, Dianna Camacho, Dhobi Oparei, Grzegorz Emanuel, Przemyslaw Saleta, Jan Jurewicz, Viktoriya Smirnova
Director: Michael Oblowitz
Running Time: 92 minutes
US MPAA rating: N/AUK BBFC rating: 15
Action, Adventure
On DVD Steven Seagal stars as Jon Cold, a former 'foreigner' or deep cover operative, who now works as a freelance agent. He is frequently commissioned to deliver high-risk packages. As he prepares for his father's funeral, he is asked to take on one more assignment. Cold is keen to leave the business, but reluctantly accepts the job. His task is to take a mysterious package from France to a man in Germany. However, Cold will soon find that there are a lot of people determined to prevent him doing so.
When Cold and Dunoir (Max Ryan) arrive at the farmhouse where they are to pick up the package, they are attacked. Cold decides to continue with the assignment, heading for Poland for his father's funeral before continuing on to Germany. The package turns out to contain a 'black box' flight recorder from an aircraft that has been suspiciously downed, and the recipient - sinister tycoon Jerome Van Aken (Harry Van Gorkum) - has a vested interest in its whereabouts. Once he arrives in Germany, Cold discovers that he is being pursued by various agents and assassins, while Van Aken's wife Meredith (Anna- Louise Plowman) also seems to want to get hold of the package.
Steven Seagal rarely looks like an action star these days, but audiences might forgive this for old times' sake if the rest of the movie lived up to expectations. Sadly this is not the case with 'The Foreigner'. The plot is convoluted and confusing, characters seem to come and go without leaving a mark, and it isn't even clear sometimes who the bad guys are. The fight scenes are a let-down with Seagal looking slow and heavy, made worse by poor editing and overuse of the slow and fast motion techniques that are all the rage in action films lately.
DVD Extras: Only trailers with this basic single-disc release.
Extras: Trailers.
It's Got: Some interesting European locations.
It Needs: To be overlooked in favour of 'The Transporter'.
Alternatives: The Transporter, Ronin, Exit Wounds.
Summary: A confused actioner where even the fight sequences don't always make sense - it has little to recommend it.
Review by Andrea Chee
Review Date: 7th January 2003
External Links
The Foreigner at the IMDB
Comments8 Comments |
| Hi my name is Lloyd Duff I’m usually a Steven Segal fan and I love his acting, fighting skill and I have a friend that looks a lot like him(even the Ponytail) but I’m disappointed by this crappy movie he's in because a. The movie is an insult to Mr Segal the fights look fake b. The story is 3rd grade **** c. but most of all is the graphic shooting murder of Mr Jurewicz true there's plenty of violence but his death is an insult to flat cap wearing young and old guys like me none of the other murders are month bleeders like him, was done by a director who hates flat caps and if he thinks ill wear a baseball cap to not be shot the man has a ****en screw loose if I ever see Max Ryan I will shove a gun up his arse(with a silencer attached) and empty the whole mother-****en clip into his guts and while he dying and vomiting blood like my jan ill say "bon voyage flat cap hating mother ****er" I was ****ed off by this vulgar display of bull**** and I hope Mr Jurewicz really wears the set up he was in (3 piece suit, top coat, scarf and of course a blokey flat cap) if he does the only blood that will exit him will be out of his balls into my butt if he dos not be any thing like that it's "honey you got some explaining to do" As you can guess I have the major hots for him he look like a king in his clothes I would love to see him in other films to see him alive so Jannie my love "hey, hey I’m gonna follow you" "So babe fly away to Malibu" That song sung by hole almost sounds like a love song for his man with posh.... Edited By Siteowner |
| Comment by:- lloyd duff | | 18 June 2004 | ip: logged |
| mr.steven is super but the fight scenes in the movies except few earlier ones, are very folishly been shot by photographers.at that moment i want to shut my eyes because the most importent scenes of thses films are distroyed because of the so called cameraman and the directors. |
| Comment by:- useless | none | 24 August 2004 | ip: logged |
| what i mean is that as we all know that fight scenes are the most importent in his movies but one cannot see any fight because of the so called new techniques of new cameramans and directors.they only show the scene by moving their camera here and there up and down and not the actual fight scene,so what happen is a head ach.pls try to be sensable and let us see the true fight scene.and not your camera tricks. |
| Comment by:- useless | none | 24 August 2004 | ip: logged |
| GOOD CALL MR USELESS(AND BY THE WAY YOU DON'T SOUND USELESS) EXPECT FOR EXIT WOUNDS(SEAGALS BEST UP TO DATE FILM) THE FIGHT SCENES LOOK LIKE HE HAS LEAD FOR LEGS OR A BAD JOKE AT MR SEGALS EXPENSE THE LOCATIONS HAVE A GRIMY AND SLEZELY LOOK TO THEM(GOOD ONE EINSTEINS, YOU ARE SUPOSED TO GET PEOPLE TO VISIT THESE LANDS NOT SCARE/SICKEN THEM) THE STORY WAS A MESSED UP CUTTING ROOM FLOOR REJECT MAX RYAN SUX ARSE(STAY AWAY FROM AUSTRALIA RATMAN OR I'LL KICK YOUR SORRY BUTT BACK TO HELL) I USED TO HAVE A BOSS AT WORK CALLED PHIL THAT APART FROM HIS GREY HAIR(AND A HAIRCUT COULD FIX THAT) HE LOOKS LIKE JAN'S GENTLEMAN WITH PORSH CHARACTOR I EVEN GOT HIM TO WEAR A FLATCAP. ALSO WAS MR JUREWICZ VOICE DUBBED HIS VOICE SOUNDED KINDA TINNEY WOULDN'T HIS NATURAL POLISH VOICE AND SUBTITLES HAVE BEEN MORE APPROPRAITE(WHAT YER THINK YER DOIN, OH THAT'S MY KARR) MORE LIKE 'allo mr psycho oh don't try just driving away(kinda like tremours 3 but that was a camera, my bro was po'ed but he was still alive) or even go for a mercy shot(head) just mutilate me and leave me to mess up the floor(and my sexy clothes and cap) **** off other guys like me(ME MOST OF ALL,FLATCAP HATING BASTURDS) Sorry I know I come on a little strong but I wear a flatcap and what's next Will that me me shot and dying cause some sick young person decides I should die because he did GOOD ONE ARSEHOLES |
| Comment by:- FLATCAPMAN | | 18 September 2004 | ip: logged |
| Hi Jan It's me again I wanted to explain some things in my letters to you 1) I NEVER said that you were insulting the berlin airport scene where a handsome gentleman dies for no goddam reason is what upset me. 2. The only reason I said about you boinking me is because I have a fetish for flatcaps. A man in a baseball cap or cowboy hat bores me to tears.I wear flatcaps,I'm proud to be a flatcap man like yourself. Even if I reaaly did meet you I would show great respect(nervous as hell, maybe a little frighten of you(not as bad as a gun with silencer pointed at my face THAT WOULD SUCK) and the last thing I would want to do is offend you with this curse i have(guys in flatcaps gotta talk to them all) and I'm bi-sexual not gay(gals and dudes) 3. Also MAX STINKY BREATH HUMON RAT I really don't like you if i ever see your ugly face in aussie land I owe you a broken jaw for shooting my flatcapped commrade Your whole being makes me want to puke so NEVER EVER bon vogage yourself to my land or I drop you faster then you dropped hunky. I'm NOT JOKING. 4.happy birthday Mr Jan Jurewicz. 50 Years old buddy Have a good one and enjoy a bottle of vodka, stay sharp, handsome as a king and remember this mate You changed my life when I saw the foreigner you opened my eyes(I now own 3 topcoats,5 3 piece suits(even a dark blue one) and of course buddy 56 flatcaps(I'LL FIND THAT GREEN ONE NO FUN DANCING WITHOUT THAT) HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND GOD BLESS YOU FLATCAPMAN |
| Comment by:- FLATCAPMAN | | 19 October 2004 | ip: logged |
| hi boss with porsche want to clear something up with my letters I heard on line that some of the voices on the foreigner were dubbed I want to believe the voice your charactor had is really your own I'm really sorry if my comments have offended your mate if it is your voice it means to me that you speak english(as well as polish which i am learning). Showed your picture to my mum looks like she likes you too you are a fine looking man(and soooo boss in that billard green flatcap)Please don't hate me for this but I LOVE YOU I think you are so awesome as an actor a man and a humon being Seeing you in the foreigner makes my belly tingle,my temperture and blood pressure rise it feels so good to see you(still hated seeing you die GODAMM YOU MAX RYAN HANDS OFF MY KING **** OFF AND SHOOT YOURSELF THROUGH THE HEART LIKE YOU SHOT MY SOULMATE) CAN'T HELP HOW I FEEL JAN EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT INTO ME WE COULD STILL BE FRIENDS AND I'LL STILL HAVE RESPECT FOR YOU WITHOUT THE BI-SEXUAL STUFF JUST PLEASE DON'T CALL ME NAMES OR THUMP ME(THAT WOULD BE WORSE THEN BEING SHOT AT CLOSE RANGE THROUGH THE HEART FROM A CAR) GOD BLESS YOU BUDDY MY LOVE COMMENTS WERE FOR MAN WITH PORSCHE FOR YOU AS JAN JUREWICZ YOU HAVE WON MY RESPECT AND EVEN IF WE DON'T MEET I'LL STILL DRESS UP AS YOUR CHARACTOR TO HONER YOU BUDDY YOUR FLATCAPPED MATE AND LOYAL FAN FLATCAPMAN |
| Comment by:- FLATCAPMAN | | 28 October 2004 | ip: logged |
| allo master It's me again your favourite "flatcapman fan" in case you are wondering about how the movie affected me I had a dream that night "berlin airport" I was there you were falling down i froze the rat caught you in my arms and did a mouth to mouth to you ingesting your heart's blood I then used green robot elixer shoved into your wound and it repaired your heart,a blood transfusion and even repaired your clothes I then morphed into you and rewound the scene only this time it's revenge time the rat didn't know what hit him(i even fixed your car so it would stall without damage to the moter) so in my mind "man with porsche" is alive and well(it's my mind's way of dealing with this) he's part of me and visa versa You may find this strange but please don't take offence to this I care about you and your charactor THE GOOD DON'T AWAYS DIE YOUNG I sensed something in this guy and I refuse to let him die. I don't reget what I have done(die for a machine(car) and be resured by a machine(robot). I NOT A VAMPIRE ONLY A CYBORG WITH A FEW NEAT TRICKS UP MY ARM. I know this is a lot to take in and i broke a lot of rules for your charactor.But i think you are worth it. GOD BLESS YOU MILORD AND NEXT TIME A ARSHOLE STEALS YOUR CAR !!!!DUCK!!!!!. FLATCAPMAN. |
| Comment by:- FLATCAPMAN | | 07 November 2004 | ip: logged |
| hello handsome sexy guy with porsche It's me your fan(and in dreams your robot) from aussie land sorry i have been a little slack with writing pulled a musle in my shoulder hurt like hell anyways how's your acting career going? I hope you can do one more film I can see you in. Everytime I see that berlin airport scene I am filled with the rage of a 10000 hells for the rat and feel so good and horney seeing you I want to jump into the tv save your life and turn the foreigner into something it should have been. Anyways I read the review above and to the people who written that review you said and i quote "charactors come and go without leaving a mark" that's a load of crap I dream about man with porsche all the time he is alive in my dreams he walks he talks to me(no bullet wound i fixed him up good)and a serious word to Max Ryan STAY OUT OF MY DREAMS YOU SICK FREAK, HUNKEY IS MY GUY NOW AND YOU WILL NEVER EVER HURT HIM EVER AGAIN I'M GONNA KEEP ON KILLING YOU TILL YOU GET THE POINT EVERY TIME I'LL KNOCK YOU DOWN EVERY TIME YOUR STUPID ENOUGH TO GET UP LEAVE MY HUSBAND ALONE ****ER AND GO BACK TO HELL WHERE YOU BELONG Be my guy hunky I love you forever. Flatcapman |
| Comment by:- flatcapman | | 22 November 2004 | ip: logged |
